Friday, September 3rd 2010
NVIDIA Announces New GeForce 400M GPUs, Geared for Next-Gen Optimus, 3DVision Laptops
NVIDIA today introduced the NVIDIA GeForce 400M series of graphics processing units (GPUs) -- the building blocks for the next-generation of NVIDIA Optimus and NVIDIA 3D Vision notebooks that are coming onto the market from leading vendors, including Acer, Asus, Dell, Lenovo, Samsung and Toshiba, with others set to announce soon.
A critical component of the GeForce 400M Series is support for NVIDIA Optimus technology, which enables extra-long battery life by automatically switching on and off the GPU so that it runs only when needed. It has been described by reviewers as among the most important notebook technologies to come to market in recent years.
The new series of NVIDIA GeForce 400M GPUs includes:
The GeForce 400M series is also able to deliver breathtaking stereoscopic 3D images for gamers, movie-lovers and photo enthusiasts when configured with NVIDIA 3D Vision glasses and a 3D display. 3D Vision supports the richest array of 3D content available, including over 425 games, Blu-ray 3D movies, photos and streaming Web video. Notebook models featuring the GeForce 400M series and NVIDIA 3D Vision glasses will be available soon after launch, including the Acer Aspire 5745DG with GeForce GT 425M and the Asus G53Jw with GeForce GTX 460M. In addition, by including support for NVIDIA 3DTV Play, consumers can attach their notebook to a brand new 3D TV and enjoy all the latest 3D content including the hottest games in the comfort of their living room.
Only NVIDIA GeForce GPUs offer "Graphics Plus" features such as:
A critical component of the GeForce 400M Series is support for NVIDIA Optimus technology, which enables extra-long battery life by automatically switching on and off the GPU so that it runs only when needed. It has been described by reviewers as among the most important notebook technologies to come to market in recent years.
- For enthusiast users: GeForce GTX 470M and GTX 460M.
- For performance users: GeForce GT 445M, GT 435M, GT 425M, GT 420M and GT 415M.
The GeForce 400M series is also able to deliver breathtaking stereoscopic 3D images for gamers, movie-lovers and photo enthusiasts when configured with NVIDIA 3D Vision glasses and a 3D display. 3D Vision supports the richest array of 3D content available, including over 425 games, Blu-ray 3D movies, photos and streaming Web video. Notebook models featuring the GeForce 400M series and NVIDIA 3D Vision glasses will be available soon after launch, including the Acer Aspire 5745DG with GeForce GT 425M and the Asus G53Jw with GeForce GTX 460M. In addition, by including support for NVIDIA 3DTV Play, consumers can attach their notebook to a brand new 3D TV and enjoy all the latest 3D content including the hottest games in the comfort of their living room.
Only NVIDIA GeForce GPUs offer "Graphics Plus" features such as:
- NVIDIA 3D Vision support, for eye-popping immersive 3D environments
- PhysX support, for experiencing games with realistic physics effects
- CUDA support, for GPU computing applications
- NVIDIA Verde notebook drivers, for system stability and optimal performance
- Support for NVIDIA 3DTV Play software, for connecting 3D Vision-based notebooks and desktops to a 3D TV.
15 Comments on NVIDIA Announces New GeForce 400M GPUs, Geared for Next-Gen Optimus, 3DVision Laptops
Ati's have few very good energy efficient cards, like as HD5830 with only 24Watt. I would curious these new arrivals power consumption:rolleyes:.
Why Nvidia didn't simply wait for the G104 before making a mobile gpu I don't know. A downclocked mobile equivilant of the GTX460 would be perfect for gaming laptops. It would also be vastly superior to the current 480m (this desktop GTX460 vs GTX465, same performance but much better power consumption and thermals (something very important for laptops)).
EDIT: It looks like the 470m and 460m are both based on the GF104
hothardware.com/News/NVIDIA-Announces-Entire-Line-of-FermiBased-Mobile-GPUs/
The cuda core count appears to be a multiple of 48 (1 SM disabled on the GTX470m compared to the desktop GTX460, whilst the mobile GTX460m only appears to have 4 of the SM enabled (or physically only has 4)). The memory bus of 192bit also aligns with the GF104 (GTX460 768mb).
Looking at the specs and clock speeds the GTX470m might not be far behind the GTX480m.
btarunr - perhaps you could update your post above with this table (the one shown on the hot hardware link). I assume it has come straight from Nvidia rather than something hothardware have put together.
Its interesting what desktop chip the GTX460m is based on as it doesn't match the specs of the GT(S) 450 (GF106) when it comes to memory bus width.
The 470m certainly interests me though. From the specs it should perform somwhere between the HD5770 and GTX460 desktop cards. Perhaps it could even be overclockable.
If anything it makes the 480m look like a big fat bloated whale.
192-bit x 5ghz effective GDDR5 speed is a butload of bandwidth for a mobile card... I mean, by my calculation, thats 120gb/s of memory bandwidth...